part 4
Jack flipped carelessly through the channels on the TV in his hospital room. Jack sighed. He closed his eyes and rested his head against the pillow, waiting for some new of Gabe. Jack felt really bad, one way he felt relived that the baby had died. He knew that was awful, but it would have made things so much more complicated. Just then, Seth walked into the room.
"Hey, Jack." He nodded.
"Is she... can I see her yet?" Jack asked.
"She's in recovery right now. But they think she'll be just fine." Seth smiled, as tears filled his eyes.
"She's gonna be alright." Jack repeated.
"Yes!" He tried to jump up, forgetting the pain.
"Ouch!" Jack screamed, and Seth laughed.
Then his eyes got all serious.
"Jack, we need to talk. Are you serious about loving Gabe? Do you want to be with her forever? Because there is so much that goes into this, and ... you risk losing her in the future." Seth stopped, waiting for Jack's reaction.
When Jack looked up, Seth could see the sincerity in his eyes and the tears.
"I love Gabe. That's all that matters. Yes I want to be with her forever."
Seth sighed.
"I am so glad. I wouldn't want anyone else besides you for her."
Jack and Seth smiled at each other.
***
After an hour of flipping through various game shows, and boring talk shows, Seth came back in, only this time he
brought Gabe. He pushed her through the door in a wheelchair and rolled her over beside Jack's bed.
"Gabe! How are you feeling?" Jack asked, but he really didn't need to, because her pale face said enough.
"I'm okay. A little sore." Gabe winced.
"A little?" Jack asked.
"Okay a lot. How are you?"
"Compared to you, I'm just peachy." Jack laughed.
"Guys, I'm going to go get some coffee okay?" Seth asked.
"Sure Daddy."
Seth left.
"I was so scared." Jack said, as he took Gabe's hand.
Gabe kissed him.
"Well don't be. I guess the baby was just a little to much for my body to handle." She smiled weakly.
"I hate to think like this, but it is kind of a relief that it died." Gabe said carefully.
"But on the other hand, I feel horrible, thinking like that, but we just weren't ready you know?"
"Yeah." Jack commented.
***
Columbus, Ohio airport.
Fi Phillips rushed off her plane and ran over to her mom, who she spotted right away.
"Mom!" Fi shouted.
"Let's go!" She said with more urgency.
"Fiona, Honey! Calm down. Everything is going to be okay. They used Jack. Gabe just came out of surgery. She's gonna be okay." Molly repeated what Seth had told her on her cell phone.
"Now lets go say hi." Molly smiled and put her arm around Fi.